Chapter 439: Winning the league and the Champions League final city derby
After the Copa del Rey final against Barcelona, Atletico Madrid was exhausted, and some people were injured in the Copa del Rey final.
However, in the next round of the league, Atletico Madrid will win the 2013/2014 La Liga title four rounds ahead of schedule, as long as they do not lose.
Therefore, even if the main squad is not aligned, even if the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea is due on April 23, Simeone still sent the strongest team in La Liga on April 19, and he can focus on the Champions League in an early league title.
As a result, in the 34th round of La Liga, Atletico Madrid was full of firepower, defeating promoted Madrid Elche with a score of 5-0 and winning the 2013/2014 La Liga championship ahead of schedule.
This is Atletico Madrid's fifth title in the 2013/2014 season, and with another Champions League title, Atletico Madrid will achieve an unprecedented six titles in the season.
This is a feat that even Pep Guardiola's Cosmos team Barcelona has not done.
Therefore, after winning the league title, although the whole team was excited, they only celebrated for one night, took a day off, and then entered the mode of preparing for the Champions League.
However, so far in the season, Atletico Madrid's multi-front players have always been affected. Not to mention that the three main players, including Costa, were injured and sidelined, and the others were also exhausted except for Zhang Huasong.
Only Zhang Huasong's physical strength has been abundant and he has not been injured. This is due to Zhang Huasong's metamorphosis physique, sports miracle doctor and god-level physiotherapy skills, which have allowed him to maintain a good competitive state.
However, Zhang Huasong is alone, and sometimes even he can't solve the problem.
On 23 April, Atletico Madrid host Calderón against Chelsea.
After more than half a season's tuning, Jose Mourinho, who entered the palace for the second time, once again branded Chelsea with his own mark: defence.
At the Calderón Stadium, Chelsea almost gave up on defending and put on a desperate bus strategy in an attempt to hold Atletico Madrid to a draw.
And, in the end, they did.
Atletico Madrid, who were in poor form as a team, failed to score a goal in this semi-final and drew 0-0 with a fully defensive Chelsea, and Zhang Huasong's streak of goals was finally stopped by defensive maestro Jose Mourinho.
Such a result made many teams and media who were already afraid of Zhang Huasong and Atletico Madrid cheer, claiming that Atletico Madrid had finally met an opponent.
In the second leg at Chelsea's home stadium, Atletico Madrid could capsize, and Chelsea only need to score a goal to eliminate Atletico Madrid.
After the game, Simeone did have a somewhat solemn face. He didn't expect that Zhang Huasong, who was like a goal machine, didn't score a goal in this game, and failed to assist other teammates to score a goal, which eventually led to a 0-0 draw by Chelsea.
Zhang Huasong himself was a little depressed.
In fact, Zhang Huasong did not have no chance in the game.
However, a free-kick from Zhang Huasong hit the crossbar and a close-range header from the other penalty area was brilliantly saved by Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, leading to a goalless draw at home stadium.
The next leg at Chelsea's home stadium is really careful.
So, in the league on April 27, Simeone rotated again to save for the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals.
Anyway, we have already won the league championship ahead of schedule, so it doesn't matter if we lose.
However, Atletico Madrid, who came on as a substitute at the end, did not lose, but was forced to draw 2-2 by Valencia, and still maintained the team's unbeaten gold in La Liga this season.
With a bit of luck, Atletico Madrid could be unbeaten this season.
After a round of league rest, Atletico's players recovered.
On April 29, the whole Atletico team flew to England.
On 30 April, the second leg of the 2013/2014 Champions League semi-finals was played at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's home stadium.
Even on his home turf, Mourinho didn't attack aggressively. Because he knows that Atletico Madrid is playing defensive counterattacks, as well as Zhang Huasong, a goal machine.
A carelessness may allow Zhang Huasong to score.
As long as Atletico score, with an away goal, Chelsea will have to score two goals to knock out Atletico, which will undoubtedly be much more difficult.
Stick to the defense, if the final score is 0-0 and enter the penalty shootout, maybe it can also erase the deterrent effect brought by Zhang Huasong to a greater extent.
Jose Mourinho was indeed a master defender, with Chelsea holding on to a 0-0 score until the 56th minute of the second half.
However, Zhang Huasong, who failed to score in the first leg, had already held back his desire to score in this game.
Chelsea's bus defence could not stop Zhang Huasong's determination to score.
So, in the 57th minute, when Zhang Huasong won the second free kick of the game, Zhang Huasong sent the ball into the goal guarded by Cech with a powerful arc of more than 30 meters.
As the ball made a beautiful arc in the air and into the corner of the goal, countless Blues fans in the stands closed their eyes in pain.
Atletico Madrid scored away and went 1-0 on aggregate.
Chelsea will need to score at least two goals if they want to beat Atletico Madrid to progress.
In such a situation, Chelsea's bus defensive tactics could not be put on the table, and they had to press out to attack.
As long as Chelsea don't put the bus, Zhang Huasong has a way to break down Chelsea's door: whether it's his own hands or assisting his teammates.
So, in the next 30 minutes or so, Chelsea, who were in full attack, scored two goals.
However, when they pressed on the offense, there were inevitably countless defensive holes in the backcourt, which were exploited by Zhang Huasong.
Zhang Huasong finally returned to "normal", scoring two more goals in the 30 minutes, scoring a hat-trick and assisting Falcao to score another goal.
Atletico Madrid reached the 2013/2014 Champions League final with a 4-2 win over Blues Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
The opponent in the final is the old enemy and city rival Real Madrid, Real Madrid defeated Bayern Munich in the semi-finals over two legs to advance to the final.
However, after the release of this matchup, it still gave some surprises to the global media and fans.
Because, this is the first time in the history of the Champions League that a local derby has been staged.
Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have moved their local derby stadiums to the stage of the UEFA Champions League final.
There is no doubt that this will be the most prestigious city-to-town derby ever played by any club in the world.
Real Madrid would win the 10th Champions League trophy in the club's history.
Atletico Madrid will become the first team to defend the title after the Champions League restructuring and the first team to achieve six crowns in the season.
Whoever wins or loses will forever go down in history.
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